Picture Cellar, in the foreground mural by Harald Metzkes and Manfred Böttcher © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2018, photo: Andreas FranzXaver Süß
31 Aug 2022 – 18 Dec 2024
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Guided Tours

Picture Cellar

Murals by Manfred Böttcher, Harald Metzkes, Ernst Schroeder, Horst Zickelbein

Guided tours on Wednesdays at 5 pm for a maximum of 14 visitors per tour

In German

€ 7.50/5

George Grosz, Montör, Figurine für laufendes Band, 1927, watercolour, gouache, reed pen, pen, 50 x 37 cm, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Kunstsammlung, Inv.-Nr.: HZ 6214 © Estate of George Grosz, Princeton, N.J. / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024
4 Jul – 25 Nov
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Exhibition

Das Kleine Grosz Museum
Bülowstr. 18
10783 Berlin

What kind of times are these? – Brecht, Grosz and Piscator

Thur – Mon 11 am – 6 pm

Cooperation: Das Kleine Grosz Museum

€ 10/6

Isot Kilian with the Berliner Ensemble in Paris 1954. Next to her (from left): Manfred Wekwerth, Bertolt Brecht and Ernst Busch. Photo: Claus Küchenmeister
5 Jul – 2 Oct
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Exhibition

Hochschule für Schauspielkunst Ernst Busch
Zinnowitzer Straße 11
10115 Berlin

“liebe ise”
On the 100th birthday of Isot Kilian

Exhibition in the foyer of the Hochschule

Mon – Fri 8 am – 11 pm
Sat 9:30 am – 10 pm

Free admission

Cooperation: Brecht-Weigel-Haus Buckow

Aerial image of the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg Gate, 1988/89 © BStU, MfS, HA I, Fo, Nr. 365, Bild 32
24 Aug – 1 Sep
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Presentation

Pariser Platz

Max Liebermann Hall

Pariser Platz 4

Tue – Sun 10 am – 7 pm

In German and English

Free admission

Dorotheenstädtischer Friedhof (Dorotheenstadt Cemetery), Berlin Mitte, photo: © Ingeborg Fries
Wednesday, 28 Aug
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Guided Tour

2 pm

Brecht-Weigel-Museum
Chausseestraße 125
10115 Berlin

Famous women

Cemetery tour

Meeting point in the courtyard of the Brecht House

Registration: brechtweigelmuseum@adk.de

In German

€ 7/4

Reading Room Pariser Platz, photo: © Katja Strauß
Friday, 30 Aug
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Guided Tour

4 pm

Pariser Platz

Reading Room

The Library of the Arts

Library tour

Meeting point: Reading Room 1st Floor

In German

Free admission

Akademie der Künste, Berlin © Photo: Andeas Süß, 2019
Sunday, 1 Sep
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Guided Tour

11 am – 4 pm

Anna-Seghers-Museum
Anna-Seghers-Str. 81
12489 Berlin

Museum Sunday at the Anna Seghers Museum

Guided tours at 11 am, 1 pm, 3 pm

Admission from 15 min before start

Registration: annaseghersmuseum@adk.de

In German

Free admission

Katja Lange-Müller © Annette Hauschild/OSTKREUZ
Tuesday, 3 Sep
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Book Premiere

7 pm

Pariser Platz

Plenary Hall

Katja Lange-Müller
Unser Ole

With Katja Lange-Müller

Welcome: Terézia Mora

Moderation: Denis Scheck

In German

€ 7,50/5

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Dorotheenstädtischer Friedhof (Dorotheenstadt Cemetery), Berlin Mitte, photo: © Ingeborg Fries
Wednesday, 4 Sep
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Guided Tour

2 pm

Brecht-Weigel Museum
Chausseestraße 125
10115 Berlin

Famous women

Cemetery tour

Meeting point: courtyard of the Brecht-Haus (Brecht House)

Registration: brechtweigelmuseum@adk.de

In German

€ 7/4

Wulf Herzogenrath, 2023 © Wolfgang Tillmans 2023
Thursday, 5 Sep
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Book Presentation

6 pm

Hanseatenweg

Clubroom

Gifts for Wulf Herzogenrath

With Wulf Herzogenrath, Sarah Alberti, Uta Simmons, Werner Heegewaldt

In German

€ 6/4

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Anja Steckel in Zurich’s zoo, 1943 © Akademie der Künste, Leonard-Steckel-Archiv
6 Sep – 1 Nov
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Exhibition

Werkstatt Exilmuseum
Fasanenstraße 24
10719 Berlin

Children in exile

Wed – Fri 12 noon – 6 pm

Guided tours
Thur 5 pm

Opening
Fri 6 Sep 7 pm

With Gesine Bey, Werner Heegewaldt, Bettina Huber, Heike Catherina Mertens

Cooperation: Stiftung Exilmuseum Berlin, KUNSTWELTEN, Archiv der Akademie der Künste

Free admission

Guided tours, offers for school classes and events:
adk.de/kunstwelten

Stairwell inside Akademie der Künste at Pariser Platz, Berlin © Erik-Jan Ouwerkerk
Saturday, 7 Sep
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Architecture Tours

2 pm

The day of open monuments

Guided tours in German
at 2, 4, 6 pm
All guided tours in German are fully booked.

Guided tour in English
at 5 pm

Free admission

Registration till 5 Sep: lelonek@adk.de

Anna Seghers Museum in Berlin Adlershof, photo: © Andreas [FranzXaver] Süß
Tuesday, 10 Sep
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Guided Tour

2 pm

Anna Seghers Museum
Anna-Seghers-Str. 81
12489 Berlin

Anna Seghers in the circle of her friends

Themed tour

Registration: annaseghersmuseum@adk.de

In German

€ 5/2.50

Dorotheenstädtischer Friedhof (Dorotheenstadt Cemetery), Berlin Mitte, photo: © Ingeborg Fries
Wednesday, 11 Sep
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Guided Tour

2 pm

Brecht-Weigel-Museum
Chausseestraße 125
10115 Berlin

Brecht and his people

Cemetery tour

Meeting point: courtyard of the Brecht-Haus (Brecht House)

Registration: brechtweigelmuseum@adk.de

In German

€ 7/4

Photo: Claus Larsen
13 – 15 Sep
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Festival

15. Berliner Hörspielfestival
(Berlin Audio Play Festival)

Competitions, debates, live acts

In German

per day € 12/8

Buy ticket online

Brecht-Haus (Brecht House), photo: Ingeborg Fries
Friday, 13 Sep
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Guided Tour

1 pm

Brecht-Weigel Museum
Chausseestraße 125
10115 Berlin

Discovering Brecht between Chausseestraße and the Berliner Ensemble

Literary walk from Brecht-Haus (Brecht House) to Berliner Ensemble

Meeting point: courtyard of the Brecht-Haus

Registration: brechtweigelmuseum@adk.de

In German

€ 7/4

Candida Höfer © Ralph Müller
Friday, 13 Sep
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Award Ceremony and Exhibition Opening

6 pm

Pariser Platz

Plenary Hall

Candida Höfer
Käthe Kollwitz Prize 2024

With Karin Sander, Matthias Sauerbruch, Rolf Tegtmeier, Manos Tsangaris and Candida Höfer

Free admission
Ticket required

Exhibition
14 Sep – 24 Nov
Pariser Platz

Komische Oper Berlin V 2022 © Candida Höfer / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024
14 Sep – 24 Nov
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Exhibition

Candida Höfer
Käthe Kollwitz Prize 2024

Tue – Fri 2 – 7 pm
Sat, Sun & Public Holidays 11 am – 7 pm

€ 10/7
Free admission under 18 years, Tuesdays and every first Sunday of the month

Tickets

Award ceremony and exhibition opening
Fri 13 Sep 6 pm
With Karin Sander, Matthias Sauerbruch, Rolf Tegtmeier, Manos Tsangaris and Candida Höfer
Free admission

Guided tours
Tue 5 pm
Sun 2 pm
€ 5 plus exhibition ticket

Tickets for Guided tours

Curator's tours with Anke Hervol
Sun 15 Sep, 10 Nov, 24 Nov at 2 pm

Tour for blind and visually impaired visitors (together with ABSV)
Tue 5 Nov 5 pm
Free admission

Tours for deaf visitors with translation into German sign language
Tue 1 Oct 5 pm
Sun 10 Nov 2 pm
Free admission

Special tours for groups, guided tours and workshops for school classes
Information and registration: kunstwelten@adk.de

Dorotheenstädtischer Friedhof (Dorotheenstadt Cemetery), Berlin Mitte, photo: © Ingeborg Fries
Wednesday, 18 Sep
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Guided Tour

2 pm

Brecht-Weigel Museum
Chausseestraße 125
10115 Berlin

Famous women

Cemetery tour

Meeting point: courtyard of the Brecht-Haus (Brecht House)

Registration: brechtweigelmuseum@adk.de

In German

€ 7/4

Anna Seghers Museum in Berlin Adlershof, photo: © Andreas [FranzXaver] Süß
Thursday, 19 Sep
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Guided Tour

2 pm

Anna Seghers Museum
Anna-Seghers-Str. 81
12489 Berlin

How Netty Reiling became Anna Seghers

Themed tour

Registration: annaseghersmuseum@adk.de

In German

€ 5/2.50

Bruno Taut’s passport, 1931–1937 © Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Bruno-Taut-Sammlung, Nr. 347
Tuesday, 24 Sep
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Symposium

5 pm – 9 pm

Pariser Platz

Plenary Hall

Excluded in 1934: Bruno Taut and his long way back to Berlin

With Franziska Bollerey, Winfried Brenne, Amrei Buchholz, Thomas Flierl, Simone Hain, Werner Heegewaldt, Hans-Dieter Nägelke, Manfred Speidel

Welcome: Anh-Linh Ngo

In German

With showcase exhibition of the Architectural Archives

Cooperation: Bruno Taut Forum, Architekturmuseum TU Berlin

€ 7,50/5

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Dorotheenstädtischer Friedhof (Dorotheenstadt Cemetery), Berlin Mitte, photo: © Ingeborg Fries
Wednesday, 25 Sep
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Guided Tour

2 pm

Brecht-Weigel-Museum
Chausseestraße 125
10115 Berlin

Brecht and his people

Cemetery tour

Meeting point: courtyard of the Brecht-Haus (Brecht House)

Registration: brechtweigelmuseum@adk.de

In German

€ 7/4

Thembinkosi Hlatshwayo, „Slaghuis II“, 2019 © Thembinkosi Hlatshwayo Slaghuis II
Wednesday, 25 Sep
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Open Studios

6 pm – 10 pm

Hanseatenweg

Ateliers

JUNGE AKADEMIE: Open Studios

With the fellows Thembinkosi Hlatshwayo and Sophie Seita

In English

Free admission

Reading Room Pariser Platz, photo: © Katja Strauß
Friday, 27 Sep
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Guided Tour

4 pm

Pariser Platz

Reading Room

The Library of the Arts

Library tour

Meeting point: Reading Room 1st Floor

In German

Free admission

Time to Listen Symposium 2023 © Stefanie Kulisch
1 – 2 Oct
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Lectures, Talks and Performances

Time to Listen: Open space on sustainability in contemporary music

Tue 10 am – 6:30 pm
Wed 10 am – 5:30 pm

In English

Free admission

Registration:
inm-berlin.de

Dorotheenstädtischer Friedhof (Dorotheenstadt Cemetery), Berlin Mitte, photo: © Ingeborg Fries
Wednesday, 2 Oct
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Guided Tour

2 pm

Brecht-Weigel Museum
Chausseestraße 125
10115 Berlin

Famous women

Cemetery tour

Meeting point: courtyard of the Brecht-Haus (Brecht House)

Registration: brechtweigelmuseum@adk.de

In German

€ 7/4

Brecht-Haus (Brecht House), photo: Ingeborg Fries
Friday, 4 Oct
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Guided Tour

1 pm

Brecht-Weigel Museum
Chausseestraße 125
10115 Berlin

Discovering Brecht between Chausseestraße and the Berliner Ensemble

Literary walk from Brecht-Haus (Brecht House) to Berliner Ensemble

Meeting point: courtyard of the Brecht-Haus

Registration: brechtweigelmuseum@adk.de

In German

€ 7/4

Akademie der Künste, Berlin © Photo: Andeas Süß, 2019
Sunday, 6 Oct
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Guided Tour

11 am – 4 pm

Anna-Seghers-Museum
Anna-Seghers-Str. 81
12489 Berlin

Museum Sunday at the Anna Seghers Museum

Guided tours at 11 am, 1 pm, 3 pm

Admission from 15 min before start

Registration: annaseghersmuseum@adk.de

In German

Free admission

Anna Seghers Museum in Berlin Adlershof, photo: © Andreas [FranzXaver] Süß
Tuesday, 8 Oct
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Guided Tour

2 pm

Anna Seghers Museum
Anna-Seghers-Str. 81
12489 Berlin

Anna Seghers in the circle of her friends

Themed tour

Registration: annaseghersmuseum@adk.de

In German

€ 5/2.50

Dorotheenstädtischer Friedhof (Dorotheenstadt Cemetery), Berlin Mitte, photo: © Ingeborg Fries
Wednesday, 9 Oct
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Guided Tour

2 pm

Brecht-Weigel-Museum
Chausseestraße 125
10115 Berlin

Brecht and his people

Cemetery tour

Meeting point: courtyard of the Brecht-Haus (Brecht House)

Registration: brechtweigelmuseum@adk.de

In German

€ 7/4

Performance by Steloolive, Vocations open space, © The artist and Andrea Vollmer
Wednesday, 9 Oct
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Performance, Music, Reading

6:30 pm

silent green Kulturquartier
Gerichtstraße 35
13347 Berlin

Vocations: Open Space

In German and English

€ 4/2

Cooperation: JUNGE AKADEMIE, Künstlerprogramm des DAAD, Haus für Poesie, silent green Kulturquartier & Kulturstiftung Schloss Wiepersdorf

Wolf Biermann as Prussian Icarus, 1973, © Roger Melis
Thursday, 10 Oct
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Reading and Archive Presentation

7 pm

Galerie Pankow
Breite Straße 8
13187 Berlin

Roger Melis in letters and documents

With Mathias Bertram, Werner Heegewaldt, Erdmut Wizisla

In German

Free admission

© Luca Mohácsi
Saturday, 12 Oct
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Performance, Film, Reading, Talk

3 pm

European Alliance of Academies
The price of freedom. Voices of the Hungarian art scene

With Zsófia Bán, Anna Gács, Trio Dakoda, László Göndör, Kristóf Kelemen, Gergely Nagy, György Szabó, Kinga Tóth, Manos Tsangaris, Diána Vonnák et al.

In German, Hungarian and English

Day pass € 15/9
Buy ticket online

Film screening only € 7,50/5
Buy ticket online

Performance Necromancy (only valid in combination with a day pass) € 5
Buy ticket online

Saar Magal © Wilfried Hösl
Monday, 14 Oct
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Opening Lecture

7 pm

Hanseatenweg

Clubroom

Valeska Gert Guest Professorship
Saar Magal

With Saar Magal, Lucia Ruprecht, Lindsey Drury

Cooperation: Freie Universität Berlin, Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD), Folkwang Universität der Künste, Essen

In English

Free admission

Dorotheenstädtischer Friedhof (Dorotheenstadt Cemetery), Berlin Mitte, photo: © Ingeborg Fries
Wednesday, 16 Oct
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Guided Tour

2 pm

Brecht-Weigel Museum
Chausseestraße 125
10115 Berlin

Famous women

Cemetery tour

Meeting point: courtyard of the Brecht-Haus (Brecht House)

Registration: brechtweigelmuseum@adk.de

In German

€ 7/4

Ingo Schulze © Jutta Müller-Tamm
Wednesday, 16 Oct
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Book Premiere

7 pm

Pariser Platz

Plenary Hall

Ingo Schulze
Zu Gast im Westen

With Ingo Schulze

Welcome: Ulf Stolterfoht

Moderation: Maren Jäger

In German

€ 7,50/5

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Anna Seghers Museum in Berlin Adlershof, photo: © Andreas [FranzXaver] Süß
Thursday, 17 Oct
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Guided Tour

2 pm

Anna Seghers Museum
Anna-Seghers-Str. 81
12489 Berlin

How Netty Reiling became Anna Seghers

Themed tour

Registration: annaseghersmuseum@adk.de

In German

€ 5/2.50

CPPD campaign in public space “Memory Matters“, Photo: Elena Krasnokutskaya
Saturday, 19 Oct
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Panel, artistic interventions

6 pm

Pariser Platz

Plenary Hall

“Memory Matters”: On the importance of cultures of rememberance

In German

Free admission

Cooperation: Coalition for Pluralistic Public Discourse (CPPD)

Manfred Krug, 1972, Photo: Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-L0221-0333 / Franke, Klaus / CC-BY-SA 3.0
Tuesday, 22 Oct
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Archive Opening

7 pm

Hanseatenweg

Studio

Manfred Krug: A star in the East and West

With Uschi Brüning, Daniel Krug, Stefanie Krug, Krista Maria Schädlich, Jörg Stempel

In German

€ 7,50/5

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Dorotheenstädtischer Friedhof (Dorotheenstadt Cemetery), Berlin Mitte, photo: © Ingeborg Fries
Wednesday, 23 Oct
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Guided Tour

2 pm

Brecht-Weigel Museum
Chausseestraße 125
10115 Berlin

Famous women

Cemetery tour

Meeting point: courtyard of the Brecht-Haus (Brecht House)

Registration: brechtweigelmuseum@adk.de

In German

€ 7/4

Thursday, 24 Oct
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Radio Play

4 pm

Fraunhofer
Heinrich-Hertz-Institut
Einsteinufer 37
10587 Berlin

In Wellenfeld Audio plays in 3D

Free admission

Registration:
berliner-hoerspielfestival.de

Top left: Dieter Oesterlen, film studio “Buhmann-Haus“, stairwell spindle, Hannover, 1951–1953. Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Dieter Oesterlen Archive, Photographer unknown © Legal successor Dieter Oesterlen / Top right: sauerbruch hutton, Maciachini, Mailand, 2010, Photo © Noshe / Andreas Gehrke; Bottom left: Hans Scharoun, The principles of architecture, for and against, 1919–1921. Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Hans Scharoun Archive / Bottom right: sauerbruch hutton, Now is Here, Installation, How Soon is Now, Galerie Judin, Berlin, 2014, Photo © Jan Bitter
25 Oct 2024 – 19 Jan 2025
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Exhibition

draw love build / sauerbruch hutton
tracing modernities

Tue – Fri 2 – 7 pm
Sat, Sun, public holiday 11 am – 7 pm

€ 10/7
Free admission under 18 years, Tuesdays and the first Sunday of the month

Opening
Thur 24 Oct, 7 pm
Free admission

With Manos Tsangaris, Anh-Linh Ngo, Matthias Sauerbruch, Louisa Hutton, Dirk van den Heuvel

Guided tours and offers for school classes and groups:
adk.de/kunstwelten

Reading Room Pariser Platz, photo: © Katja Strauß
Friday, 25 Oct
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Guided Tour

4 pm

Pariser Platz

Reading Room

The Library of the Arts

Library tour

Meeting point: Reading Room 1st Floor

In German

Free admission

Leni Riefenstahl in an interview with CBC “Leni Riefenstahl in her own words“ (1965) © CBC
Saturday, 26 Oct
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Film and Talk

7 pm

Hanseatenweg

Studio

Andres Veiel Riefenstahl

Riefenstahl
Documentary film by Andres Veiel, D 2024, 115 min
OV with English subtitles

Discussion with Nanna Heidenreich, Hajooj Kuka (D/Sudan), Andres Veiel, Karin Wieland

Welcome: Helke Misselwitz

Moderation: Rainer Rother

€ 7,50/5

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Dorotheenstädtischer Friedhof (Dorotheenstadt Cemetery), Berlin Mitte, photo: © Ingeborg Fries
Wednesday, 30 Oct
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Guided Tour

2 pm

Brecht-Weigel-Museum
Chausseestraße 125
10115 Berlin

Brecht and his people

Cemetery tour

Meeting point: courtyard of the Brecht-Haus (Brecht House)

Registration: brechtweigelmuseum@adk.de

In German

€ 7/4

Please find below the Akademie der Künste's digital offers.

Silhouette by Arnold de Florence: Portrait of Heinrich Mann, c. 1910 © Akademie der Künste, Heinrich Mann Collection

DIGITAL

Virtual Exhibition

Heinrich Mann DIGITAL: Life, Work, Legacy – A Transnational Reconstruction

Heinrich Mann’s estate is scattered throughout archives worldwide. Starting from the most important places of activity in his life, the virtual exhibition by the Akademie der Künste Archives tells the story of the estate and presents the “Heinrich Mann DIGITAL” international cooperation project. In German.

Subharchord. Photo © Kai Bienert

DIGITAL

Virtual Exhibition

Music, Makers & Machines

A digital exhibition on the history of the Studio for Electroacoustic Music at the Akademie der Künste

Passport issued to Walter Benjamin, Berlin-Grunewald, 10 August 1928. Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Walter Benjamin Archiv © Hamburger Stiftung zur Förderung von Wissenschaft und Kultur, photo: Nick Ash

DIGITAL

Archival Materials

Finds from the Archives

Selected text documents, special objects and works of art from the Archives of the Akademie der Künste representing all artistic disciplines.

Photo: Ellen Auerbach, Airwalk, 1946 (Renate Schottelius during the dance jump over rocks, La Cumbrecita). Modern Print, Argentina © Akademie der Künste, Berlin

DIGITAL

Online Presentation

digital.adk.de – images, sounds, art objects

A digital showcase affords an insight into the extensive holdings of the archives of the Akademie der Künste, which encompasses all art forms, collects and makes accessible the archives of outstanding artists in the German-speaking world.

DIGITAL

Digital Platform

junge-akademie.adk.de – The JUNGE AKADEMIE is online

The transdisciplinary and transcultural online magazine is a space to exhibit and experiment and a digital open studio, offering fellows the opportunity to network with each other and with Akademie members, to develop digital projects and to make the exchange of knowledge visible within the international network.

Der Zauberer John Heartfield [The Magician John Heartfield], 1943. Photo © Zoltan Wegner. Akademie der Künste, Berlin, John Heartfield Archive, No. 610

DIGITAL

Virtual Exhibition

Kosmos Heartfield

The online presentation "Kosmos Heartfield" complements the exhibition "John Heartfield – Photography plus Dynamite".

Graphics: Heimann + Schwantes

DIGITAL

Online Catalogue

Heartfield Online

The graphic oeuvre of the political artist John Heartfield can be explored in a new online catalogue.

Photo © Roman März

DIGITAL

Exhibition

360° Panoramic Tour

The interactive 360° panoramic tour leads through the exhibition “John Heartfield - Photography plus Dynamite” at Pariser Platz.